Thursday, 16 January 2014

SSQA Manual: Request for a Limited Number of Reviewers for the First Open Publication

The reviewer offer is now officially closed but the
pre-publication 30% discount offer is available if you:Pre-Register:

As the
food sector chair of GCSE-Food & Health Protection and the Technical
Director of AFISServices, I have both the honor and pleasure of making this
announcement. The SSQA Manual update has progressed exceptionally well for its
first open publication. The draft copy will soon be available for industry
reviewers to have a look and provide feedback. However, only a limited number
of reviewers can be accommodated at this time since a considerable price cut is offered with
this request. Also, limiting the number of reviewers prevents the process from
becoming cluttered and unnecessarily prolonged.

The
final copy will be available for purchase via GCSE-Food & Health Protection
as soon as the required feedback is received from the selected reviewers and
applicable modifications to the manual have been made. The names of the
reviewers who wish to be listed will also be added to the manual’s opening
pages under the heading “Initial Reviewers”.

Selected
reviewers of the draft copy will only have to pay a nominal fee of CAD$25.00
total instead of the full price but they will receive PDF copies of both the
draft copy for review, and the final copy once any required modifications are
complete.

GCSE-Food
& Health Protection is planning to have an online version of the final copy
that allows for live updates for its SSQA registered participants. Reviewers
who wish to have access to the online live update version will keep their
original copies but be required to pay separately for the online version. The
currently set full price is $150 CAD for companies, and
$75 CAD for SSQA participants per year for the live update version online or
single downloaded copies. The draft table of content is provided below for a sneak peak if you are
considering adding your name to the list of initial reviewers. If you wish to
be one of the reviewers, please send your request detailing your qualifications
(you may attach your resume as proof of qualification) to: gcse@afisservices.com. Please do not
include any payment with this request.

If you wish to be one of the reviewers, please send your request detailing your qualifications (you may attach your resume as proof of qualification) to: gcse@afisservices.com. Please do not include any payment with this request.

In your operation or opinion, which of these ranks the highest as an area needing help from an external party?

As a consumer or user of food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices or cosmetics, how would you rank safety, availability and price in order of importance from left (most important) to right (least important)?